Презентация на тему "Английские идиомы с глаголами PULL / PUSH"

«PULL / PUSH» IDIOMS

Разработано учителем английского языка

ЧОУ СОШ «Международная Английская Школа»

Кондриной Ольгой Владимировной

TO PULL ONE’S LEG

to fool or trick smb

• You don't mean that. 

You're just pulling my leg.  

• Don't believe him. 

He's just pulling your leg.

TO PULL A FACE (FACES)

  to show a funny expres-sion to someone as a joke.

• Mother, Billy pulled 

a face at me!  

• The teacher sent Jane

  to the principal for

  pulling a face in class.

TO PULL smth TO BITS (PIECES)

to pull smth apart; to separate smth into pieces.

• The machine almost pulled him to pieces when he got his arm caught in it.

TO PULL ONESELF TOGETHER

to compose oneself; to gather one's wits about one.

• I have to pull myself together and try it again.
• Now try to pull yourself together and get through this crisis.

TO PUSH ONE’S LUCK

to try too hard to get a particular result and risk losing what you have achieved (usually negative)

• You're okay so far, but don't push your luck.
• Bob pressed his luck too much and got into a lot of trouble.

TO PUSH ONE’S WAY THROUGH

To force (one's way)

• We pushed our way through the crowd.

TO PUSH smb TO THE WALL

to force smb into a position where there is only one choice to make; to put smb in a defensive position

• There was little else I could do. They pushed me to the wall and I had to tell them the truth.

MAKE YOUR OWN EXAMPLES WITH THE FOLLOWING IDIOMS

TO PULL ONE’S LEG – морочить голову, дурачить

TO PULL FACES – корчить рожи, гримасничать

TO PULL smth TO PIECES – порвать в клочья, разбить вдребезги

TO PULL ONESELF TOGETHER – взять себя в руки

TO PUSH ONE’S LUCK – испытывать судьбу

TO PUSH ONE’S WAY  THROUGH – преодолеть, выйти из трудной ситуации

TO PUSH smb TO THE WALL –прижать к стене, довести до крайности